Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

Must Read from Tim Alberta: “The Inside Story of Michigan’s Fake Voter Fraud Scandal”

November 24, 2020, 9:01 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

This Politico piece is so good to understand how the depravity of the voter fraud myth spread in Michigan and is undermining the integrity of Republican officials in the state. It begins: After five years spent bullying the Republican Party… Continue reading

“How Misinformation ‘Superspreaders’ Seed False Election Theories”

November 23, 2020, 4:52 pmcheap speech, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: On the morning of Nov. 5, Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, asked his Facebook followers to report cases of voter fraud with the hashtag, Stop the Steal. His post was shared over 5,000 times.By late afternoon, the… Continue reading

My New New York Times Oped Argues We Should Worry Less About Whether Trump Can Steal the Election (He Can’t); Worry More About the Damage Being Done to Voting Rights and the Legitimacy of our Election System and Democracy

November 23, 2020, 6:26 amfraudulent fraud squad, Supreme Court, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

I have written this piece for the NY Times. It begins: Even as the campaign lawsuits brought by President Trump over the 2020 election enter their death throes, many people continue to worry that Mr. Trump will find three… Continue reading

“Trump calls on GOP state legislatures to overturn election results”

November 22, 2020, 2:39 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump made explicit Saturday the strategy his legal team has been hinting at for days: He wants Republican-led legislatures to overturn election results in states that Joe Biden won.“Why is Joe Biden so quickly forming a… Continue reading

“Michigan, national GOP seek to delay certification of election results”

November 21, 2020, 2:53 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Detroit News: The Michigan and national Republican parties have asked the Board of State Canvassers to delay certification of the state’s election results in a bid to investigate “anomalies and irregularities” alleged to have occurred in Michigan’s Nov. 3 election. … Continue reading

“Duty or Party? For Republicans, a Test of Whether to Enable Trump”

November 21, 2020, 2:41 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: But this is also a moment of truth for the Republican Party: The country is on a knife’s edge, with G.O.P. officials from state capitols to Congress choosing between the will of voters and the will of one… Continue reading

“Trump bid to overturn vote crashes into wall of deadlines”

November 21, 2020, 1:59 pmchicanery, Election Meltdown, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the election results is about to smash into reality: a gauntlet of battleground state deadlines that are poised to extinguish his increasingly desperate attempts to hold onto the presidency.Michigan is due to… Continue reading

“Trump tries to drum out GOP election officials who won’t play his games”

November 21, 2020, 1:57 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump has driven senators into retirement and tweeted wayward Republicans into primary defeat during four years leading the GOP. Now, as a lame duck, he’s launched a new campaign against GOP election officials who won’t bend to… Continue reading

“Kris Kobach aiding Michigan official who wants to take back vote certifying election”

November 20, 2020, 3:42 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

But of course.

The Trump Campaign’s Lack of Evidence in the Pennsylvania Case Dooms It to Failure (On Top of Everything Else): What GOP Senators (And Everyone Else) Need to Know Today

November 20, 2020, 7:48 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Yesterday Jenna Ellis of the Trump campaign (who had comically attacked me for noting that one of campaign’s proposed orders erred in signing a proposed order as if the judge had signed it) said at a press conference that the… Continue reading

“Trump told ally he’s trying to get back at Democrats for questioning legitimacy of his own election”

November 19, 2020, 5:36 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: President Donald Trump told an ally that he knows he lost, but that he is delaying the transition process and is aggressively trying to sow doubt about the election results in order to get back at Democrats for… Continue reading

“Trump Targets Michigan in His Ploy to Subvert the Election”

November 19, 2020, 5:34 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump on Thursday accelerated his efforts to interfere in the nation’s electoral process, taking the extraordinary step of reaching out directly to Republican state legislators from Michigan and inviting them to the White House on Friday for discussions… Continue reading

Josh Douglas: “Trump is the true perpetrator of election fraud”

November 19, 2020, 3:48 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

New Josh Douglas for CNN: Yes, there is election fraud. It’s coming from inside the White House.President Donald Trump’s attempts to steal the election and win another term are exceedingly unlikely to work. But he is already succeeding in… Continue reading

Persily and Stewart NYT Oped: “Trump Is Wrong. There’s No Evidence of Election Fraud in Philadelphia. The Claim Itself Is Fraudulent”

November 19, 2020, 7:13 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Must-read: Joe Biden’s lead in the presidential election results in Pennsylvania has now surpassed 81,000 votes, far exceeding Donald Trump’s 44,000-vote victory margin there four years ago. Yet the Trump campaign continues to claim in court huge but incalculable levels… Continue reading